Community and health system factors associated with facility delivery in rural Tanzania: A multilevel analysis

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Rockers, Peter C ^b   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^c   Paczkowski, Magdalena M ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Access to health services; Health care utilization; Health services research; Maternal health; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 77956175842     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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